mc 4.5.55 bug with copying folder over file with the same name.

Pavel Roskin proski at gnu.org
Thu Feb 7 05:02:39 UTC 2002


Hello!

> Bug: Try to copy folder "dir1" into folder "dir2" containing regular
> ---  file named "dir1".
>      1. mc will not report any error.
>      2. You will see that "dir1" file attributes were rewritten with
>         attributes of folder "dir1".
>      3. Moreover if you will try to move the folder instead of copy,
>         it will be lost without any warning...

This bug appears to be fixed in the current code.  I could not reproduce 
it with the CVS version of MC.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin




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